New Criticism
The 1930's-1940's
In what years did New Criticism come to fruition?
The 1970's
What years did structuralism come to fruition?
The late 1970's
When did Deconstruction peak?
The early twentieth century
When did psychoanalysis first become popular?
The classroom study of literature routinely focused on BLANK prior to New Criticism
What is history?
Influenced by the impressionist art movement, this approach focuses on author bio, author milieu, and author influence
What came before New Criticism? or What is impressionism in literature?
Ferdinand de Saussure
Who is the father of structuralism (or structuralist ideas)?
Jaques Derrida
Who is the father of Deconstruction?
Sigmund Freud
Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
Interpretation and insightful commentary, similar to an informed opinion
What is criticism in literary theory?
The search for a professional identity derived from scholarly engagement like in science/ social sciences
What is science envy?
Examples of it are: Metaphor and Metonymy
What are rhetorical figures?
Firstly we identify a singular interpretation, secondly, we find things that undermine the structure at work
What is double reading?
The id, ego, and superego
What is the Tripartite Model of the Psyche?
A side of politics that is overrepresented in literary theory
What is the political left?
The best tool for interpretation, focuses on a careful detailed interpretation of the text, the text itself and the words on the page
What is close reading?
The desire to know how texts work and the attempt to reveal the codes and conventions of literature
What is the Grammar of Literature?
The inevitable gap or the continuous play between the signifier and the signified
What is différance?
Infants begin with sexual drives that toss and turn randomly in any way and all directions, "many forms" and "turning upside down or overturning"
What is polymorphous perversity?
Teachers and students cared more about the performance of the literature, in the form of BLANK prior to New Criticism
What is reading aloud?
Unity, Paradox, Ambiguity, Tension, and Irony
What are the formal elements of New Criticism?
Embedding/Nesting, Reliability, Focalization, Discourse (Direct, Indirect, and Free Indirect)
What are the categories of narration?
Deconstruction means that there are many meanings, NOT no meaning
What is multiplicity?
The person credited with creating "the mirror stage" and continuing psychoanalysis
Who is Jacques Lacan?
The study of language and how it changes over time
What is philology?